On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:45 AM, David C. Rankin
Arie Reynaldi Z wrote:
I have an x86_64 11.1 server configured with no problems whatsoever with apache2 with SSL, BIND 9 DNS, dhcpd providing dynamic updates via TSIGs to BIND, samba providing shares, and pptpd VPN working just fine. The core server packages seem OK. It just sucks when I have to look at the screen ;-)
What about soft RAID 1 (mirror) ? I do need it because in my experience HD failure happens.. RAID 1 and backup every night really helpful.. And what filesystem that recommend for server ? XFS or stick with ext3 ?
Thanks for helps guys..
RAID1 works fine (Although, yast installer did screw up the grub/menu.lst so the machine wouldn't boot. See: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445602)
I have used 'software md' raid and 'bios dm' raid without any issues since 10.2. Currently I have 6 servers (10.3-11.0) running raid1 arrays without a single issue.
I joined the mdraid mailing list a couple months ago. I mostly lurk. Most of the problems I see people have is when they try to grow / reshape a raid array, or when they have serious problems and try to fix it. Surprising how many people post about experiencing a dual disk failure and need to try to rebuild without restoring backups. Apparently mdraid is a little aggressive about kicking drives out of the array, because often they are able to get the array operational again with exactly the same hardware. I'm still a hardware raid guy, and having monitored the mdraid list for a couple months, I'm likely to stay one until mdraid becomes more tolerant of transient issues. To be fair, hardware raid may be just as problematic in situations where power supplies, cables, external enclosures are behaving erratically. I just have not watched their support channels so closely. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org